“I actually attend and lead worship at Augustine United Church who host Paradise Green. So I’ve preached when the sanctuary is set up for a show. It feels almost like I’m performing when I do a service so I got the bug!”
WHO: Binocchio (real name Carol Joyner)
WHAT: “Lock up your garden chairs, dismantle your altar tables, nothing is safe around Binocchio the bisexual Christian! She’ll sleep with anything with legs – after Bible Study, naturally. Fresh from the mammogram cubicle in Tesco car park, Binocchio brings you 45 minutes of stand-up (she can’t be trusted with a chair), featuring subjects as diverse as fertility signalling, German toilets, Low Emission Zones and Elderflower Shloer. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to encounter this rarest of creatures, the bisexual Christian!”
WHERE: Paradise in Augustines – The Snug (Venue 152)
WHEN: 18:55 (45 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This is my maiden Fringe. I actually attend and lead worship at Augustine United Church who host Paradise Green. So I’ve preached when the sanctuary is set up for a show. It feels almost like I’m performing when I do a service so I got the bug! I got chatting to the PG crew about my stand up and one thing led to another and here I am, complete with guitar and several pairs of spare trousers! I’m local so over been to several Fringe shows over the years. But this year is mad. I fully expect there to be pavement crush fatalities.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2023 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
I’m new this year but I’ve already learnt that it’s highly inadvisable to rock up as a solo performer and producer without at least two committed sidekicks to help with social media and flyering. I got overwhelmed and exhausted on Day 1 and had to take a step back and put my mental health and family first – or there would be no show for my punters and my wife would be filing for divorce!
Tell us about your show.
I write and produce all of my observational stand up comedy and original songs. I trialled it at several LGBTQ/Christian open mic events earlier this year to positive acclaim. I’m currently looking at doing a show DARN SARF where I have many contacts, since I lived in Hampshire for over 30 years.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Go and see my fellow bi female comic, Anti-Heroine. And do go and see Around the World in 80 Days. Laurence Waring is a very talented man!
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